Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:46:01 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removal of Portmanager Message-ID: <CADLo839Cr917EnvjpRYPc6Vd6CH_Z%2Bfm2%2Bd0AcdPMgbakb=VjA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50F54BF7.8020401@passap.ru> References: <20130112120748.61c8e103@gumby.homeunix.com> <50F187DC.2070804@FreeBSD.org> <20130113160213.6f10a863@gumby.homeunix.com> <CADLo839SnMTf7dj8zSbRTJz4gVYp_LfhP7ZNw8ywCpe5yLwXBQ@mail.gmail.com> <50F3C527.9070700@passap.ru> <50F3C83D.7070209@freebsd.org> <50F54BF7.8020401@passap.ru>
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On 15 Jan 2013 12:31, "Boris Samorodov" <bsam@passap.ru> wrote: > > 14.01.2013 12:56, Matthew Seaman =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > > On 14/01/2013 08:43, Boris Samorodov wrote: > >> 13.01.2013 20:22, Chris Rees =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > >> > >>> Pkgng is also part of the ports tree nowadays, and portmanager must support > >>> it. The old pkg_install suite will be removed soon. Portmanager needs fixing! > >> > >> That threaten me a bit. Will pkg_install be removed soon from all > >> supported versions? > >> > > > > pkg_tools are going to be around for at least the duration of > > 8.3-RELEASE which comes out of support some time in April 2014 -- > > see the road map here: > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng/CharterAndRoadMap#Road_Map > > > > However the plan is that pkgng should become the default packaging > > system for all releases from now on. It's already the default in 10.x, > > and at some point relatively soon it should become the default in > > stable/8 and stable/9. (Delayed because of the current lack of package > > building systems, inter-alia) > > OK, "relatively soon" in pair with "when server infrastructure is ready" > is much better that just "soon". > > > All this means is that you will have to put stuff in /etc/make.conf in > > order to use pkg_tools, rather than the situation now, where you have t= o > > put stuff in /etc/make.conf in order to use pkgng. > > And not "will be removed" but "the default will be changed". > > What a relief! ;-) > > Thanks Matthew, and sorry Chris for me being so paranoid. I'm sorry for not being specific :) Chris
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